[PD] Pure Data on Linux (Debian) - what should I install?

[dafydd hughes]

Your girlfriend is wicked cool.

On 1/25/07, David Powers <cyborgk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone ...
>
> SO, I finally got Linux installed on an old laptop (Debian stable
> distribution). Or to be more precise, my girlfriend got it installed,
> and I sat around drinking beer, smoking spliffs, and telling her how
> great she was, while she recompiled the kernel.
>
> I would, of course, be interested in running Pure Data on the machine.
> (and maybe trying Desire Data too.) But here are some caveats:
> 1. It's an old PIII laptop. Not much memory, and no openGL for
> graphics, so no GEM I guess.
> 2. I have no f&*$ing clue what I'm doing yet, as far as compiling
> stuff and all that. My gf will try to help me though.
>
> Now, I would like to use PD, and maybe PD-extended (but page is down).
> So I'd like to get the group recommendation on which version to try
> for the simplest install with the most stuff working... My basic
> interests would include some of the basic libraries at least (cyclone,
> maxlib, zexy). I would also like to try PMPD, PDP, and GridFlow, but I
> don't know much about the last two. They will run without openGL,
> unlike GEM, right? Also, I'd like to get Percolate running, I guess
> I'll have to use the source code off the Planet CCRMA...
>
> Anyway, there seem to be millions of versions of stuff, including some
> Debian stable options, but as a total Linux newB it is hard to tell
> which I should use.
>
> The problem is compounded by the fact that right now, some sites are
> down, so I can't get some of the info need. Any advice would be
> greatly appreciated - I didn't find a quick answer through the
> archives, and I don't know how up to date such an answer would be
> anyway.
>
> Thanks in advance!!!
>
> ~David
>
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